Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Hello all, RL has been a bit hectic for the last quite a while... Soooo-oo apropos of nothing, whats new? Are we there yet?

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:28

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# ¿ Jul 12, 2025 01:02

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Tippis posted:

The �in� is in the wrong position.

poo poo.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:30

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Beet Wagon posted:

Wow, haven't seen you around in a bit! Welcome back! We have such wonderful things to show you (not really, they're not any closer to having a game than they were this time last year)

Colour me (un)suprised

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:32

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

We all miss you, seriously

aaw thanks! I will be making a Christmas special CIG jpeg (available at all good interweb outlets for the bargain price of a $1,000) soon!

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:35

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

alf_pogs posted:

2.6 is almost here, right on time, and things are looking up for cig

also some guy might try to tell you doxxing is bad but he's just saying that because he got terminally doxxed

Point the finger! Who is this dastardly type who would claim that doxxing is bad? In a safe, controlled, friendly environment - such as the interwebs... doxxing is groovy no?

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:38

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Colostomy Bag posted:

Welcome back. We missed your masterpieces.

Hello hello! Wish I could have been here more enjoying the slow motion car crash but... RL. Sucks to be me I guess.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 22:40

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

ManofManyAliases posted:

LOL. Delusional Derek at it again.

Legal barking up a storm over there?

Hello Toast

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 23:06

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Parpa Claus

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 23:58

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

alf_pogs posted:

poo poo i am glad you are back

Got until the new year off

So I can devote a little time to Art For Goons!

# ¿ Dec 16, 2016 00:06

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Sappo569 posted:

His real job is community manager , but he spends 90% of his day fetching latte for sandi (when she is actually in the office) and driving Ben to his various doctors appointments

Ben is still alive?

# ¿ Dec 16, 2016 00:55

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

The (air)ship Clown Stimperium goes down

# ¿ Dec 17, 2016 19:26

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Dereks wet dream:

# ¿ Dec 17, 2016 21:35

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

All is well!

# ¿ Dec 19, 2016 15:46

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

uH-oH

# ¿ Dec 20, 2016 02:48

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

SelenicMartian posted:

Got a sore throat but I still burst out laughing at this.

Where's that Hindenburg jpeg?

# ¿ Dec 20, 2016 12:59

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

RubberJohnny posted:

One thing I haven't seen anyone comment on - did Star Marine drop their acceleration-based movement?

It looks from the videos like it's just run/sprint like CoD instead of the five step motion captured transitions they had from walk to sprint before.

They keep throwing out all these finished assets and redoing things.

Clearly you don't understand game development.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2017 16:48

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Just been messing about browsing rubbish on youtube and I noticed a thing. A LOT of the "Games coming in 2017" listicle things seem to have Star Citizen on their list. Anyone have any idea why that might be?

Here are a couple of examples, there are more if you can be arsed to look for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EmaSZljqNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov3KnO3YfvE

I wonder if this will help prolong funding and keep the shitshow rolling for longer...

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 14:17

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Scruffpuff posted:

The reason is the saturation of wanna-be game media "journalists" who don't have the established reputation, or balls, to wind up on the wrong side of this. Predicting the failure of Star Citizen, despite its near guaranteed eventuality, is still a risky endeavor. Much safer to include it. If Star Citizen succeeds, they can validate themselves with the new cool kid on the block by claiming they were rooting for them all along. If it fails, they get fodder for free follow-up articles along the lines of "What happened with Star Citizen?"

Reporting on its failures is less rewarding, regardless of it being more accurate. You're pissing off CIG in the here and now, getting toothless threats from their attorney, and attacks from a cult. Even when they're proven right, it's not like they'll rise to prominence as the "one company who had to balls to tell it like it is." They'll just get more death threats from the backers for being part of the reason SC failed.

It could also be that CIG is paying for this coverage, which would explain where some of the money is going, since they're certainly not making a game.

Interesting, I agree particularly that CIG might be paying for the coverage, as that would be a cheap way for maximising publicity and ties in with your suggestion that the listicles are created by wannabe-hacks who would, I suspect, do anything for cash & be very cheap too. Some of those listicles have a LOT of hits. I hate to admit it but IF it is an active marketing ploy by CIG its actually quite clever - very cynical, but clever.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 14:53

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Here's a question for you nerds:

Is a dog in alpha a:

puppy
or

wolf

It's both (dependent upon your belief system)

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 21:24

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 01:36

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Catching up with the thread tonight I laughed and laughed. thread good again

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 01:38

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

So - True story: I got early access to Escape from Tarkov (an FPS in alpha) and started playing with some people. Two things:

1: Its a Real Playable Game and its lots of fun even if it is still in alpha and a little buggy, but the main mechanics of the game are there and solid. Very solid.

2: Two of the peeps I was playing with are Star Shitizens. It was awkward - in the end I didn't want to get all evangelical and full Goon on them so I just said that I had got a refund and got out and that I didn't think the game would ever be released as promised. It's interesting to me that outside of SA and the CIG cultist bubble that there are people who are utterly unaware that this game is a train wreck. They still think Crobbles will produce the goods. I suspect that there are a lot of citizens who are like this, and it goes (to my mind at least) some way to explaining why CIG are still generating money. Despite the noise from SA, Dereck and pissed off ex-cultists there are still a hell of a lot of people who are assuming that the game will be made, released and good.

:negative:

edit: taxxe

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 01:54

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Ok just because I can and there are some peeps who haven't seen it and Beet mentioned it:

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 01:58

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Beet Wagon posted:

The silence after I said "Oh uh... I can't. I got a refund." was deafening.

lol

also Beet check your PMs

Galarox fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jan 11, 2017

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 02:03

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

CrazyLoon posted:

wow, my old AV *did* make it someplace after all.

Of course

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 15:02

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Beet Wagon posted:

Nah, Ben is a suction-feeder like the noble whale shark.

Nice

(also check your PMs)

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 17:57

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Crazy_BlackParrot posted:

And that other dude, who made the most majestic posts ever.
Forgot his name tho.

Gorf?

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 18:09

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Potato Salad posted:

$141 Million Dollars

One hundred one million. dollars.

Um... One hundred and forty one one million. dollars.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 21:44

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Sappo569 posted:

I think you mean one. Hundred million. Forty one. Dollars. $$

quite possibly.. One. Hundred. Million. And. Forty. Million. And. One million more. Dollars

edit, taxxe:

Galarox fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Jan 11, 2017

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 21:49

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Sunswipe posted:

You know there used to be that list of all the things that had happened since Duke Nukem Forever was announced? There should be one for all the things that have been done with $140 million. Anyone know how much Lesnick weighs, I want to figure out how much it would cost to launch him into space.

He weighs too much for orbital launch... :lesnick:

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:06

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Who would like to see a sneak preview of part of my current project (which is a book about CIG)? Its quite good I think...

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:20

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I think with an order like that you'd get at least a couple keyboards extra

Now you're just being naive

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:23

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Sneak preview: No further information will be offered as to the nature of, format of, or anything else in the book. I'm still trying to figure out how to post it on here when it's done. Beet is helping.

Galarox fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Jan 11, 2017

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:28

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Madcosby posted:

Hating star citizens wasnt enough for me

Jinkies!

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:33

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

MilesK posted:

Is that for real?

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 22:34

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

cool new Polack jokes posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG-82TakEqk&t=32s

I'm starting to get a little bit flustrated with all these ~~total thefts of intellectual property~~ homages

e: good thing nobody owns that jump cut huh

derivative is a good word. :golf:

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 23:14

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

A Neurotic Corncob posted:

long time r/ds poster gets a refund

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen_refunds/comments/5neekj/iqfish_gets_a_refund/

loving hell. All the artwork in the background and on the side of that sub reddit is mine lol.

edit: Also love the neurotic corncob avatar. How did that happen?

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 23:20

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Ok everyone here is the book: How it works: Star Citizen. Clicky the link to download, it's a PDF

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqnozuu9bvnlao6/How%20it%20Works%20-%20Star%20Citizen.pdf?dl=1

Galarox fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jan 15, 2017

# ¿ Jan 13, 2017 22:40

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Sunswipe posted:

Voted 5, then voted 1 so I could vote 5 again.

Also, I had the book the illustration on page 16 came from. It was a collection of magic tricks. I remember using some of them to do a show at my sister's birthday party one year. Can't remember for the life of me what the wavy hand picture was illustrating.

It was something to do with matchsticks. I shopped them out

# ¿ Jan 13, 2017 23:30

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# ¿ Jul 12, 2025 01:02

Galarox: Sep 23, 2015; Fun Shoe

Beexoffel posted:

This, I like this.
I remember reading a little book about computers in elementary school in the 1970s. The picture reminds me of it and I wonder if it is the same.

It was. I changed it from How it works: "Computers" to "Star Citizen"

# ¿ Jan 14, 2017 00:09

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